Government & Politics
Town Gets ‘Moratorium’ Easing Some State Approval Rules for Affordable Housing
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The Connecticut Department of Housing has determined that Darien meets the legal requirements for a moratorium from state rules that would allow developers to get approval for low-income housing projects from a judge rather than town land use boards. First Selectman Jayme Stevenson announced the state’s approval of the moratorium for Darien in a news release which the Darien Times published an article about on Wednesday but that Stevenson didn’t email to Darienite.com until 2:49 p.m. on Thursday. (Darienite.com has requested that Stevenson release news releases to all news organizations at the same time.)
Here’s the news release:
On Sept. 30, 2016, the Town of Darien officially heard back from the State Department of Housing regarding its application for a second moratorium as specifically allowed under Section 8-30g of the Connecticut General Statutes. In order to qualify, the Town needed to establish 141 “housing unit equivalent points”.